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[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

 

3 Waffle Houses in the storm's path closed preemptively because they were in mandtory evacuation zones.

2 near St Petersburg closed due to storm surge.

And there are reports 1 was closed by a power failure, but I don't know where.

 

[Darth Fluffy 302]

47 minutes ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

An open Waffle House is not necessarily all that great, either

The Waffle House in Hillsborough, NC, just off I-85, has been missing the W for years. Many consider this to be truth in advertising.

That said, I eat at Waffle House rarely, but the food is edible. What they do, they do OK.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

We are supposed to be getting much rain from the hurricane as it works its way up the coast. Just checked, it hasn't hit yet.

[Don Edwards 548]

We've been getting a lot of rain lately. I doubt it's related to the hurricane that Florida's dealing with, though. Considering that we're in western Montana.

[mlooney 3,417]

13 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

 

An open Waffle House is not necessarily all that great, either

 

Yeah, I went to one on the way to Pennsic.  Really less than impressed with both the food and the staff.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

4 minutes ago, mlooney said:

Yeah, I went to one on the way to Pennsic.  Really less than impressed with both the food and the staff.

The food is not great, anything from the grill tends toward greasy, and each place has its own cook with their own skill level. The few I've tried have been passable. The pancakes and waffles aren't bad. The home fries require some draining, but are very customizable in terms of toppings. The coffee is serviceable.

I think Ive had bacon and/or eggs there. I probably would avoid their meat.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

21 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

 

An open Waffle House is not necessarily all that great, either

 

INFIDEL! You take that back!

[Darth Fluffy 302]

20 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

We are supposed to be getting much rain from the hurricane as it works its way up the coast. Just checked, it hasn't hit yet.

It appears that we got some rain, but not as much as expected, and it has already passed us. Mild this time.

[mlooney 3,417]

3 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

It appears that we got some rain, but not as much as expected, and it has already passed us. Mild this time.

Good.  You've only got ~10 days until peak of the season and 91 days until the end of season.  Hope you have a good rest of season.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

I'm approx 2-3 hours inland. The coast gets chewed on every year. We get severe weather from them regularly, but it usually doesn't amount to much; some flooding (not all bad, we need the water as well), some trees down. Our soil is crap, all clay, so the trees are unstable. I thought it was weird how the older homes here have no trees near the house; learned quickly why. Every ten years or so, an hurricane blows though full force. Not fun.

 

[mlooney 3,417]

My house holds heat. It's currently 78 in the living room and 70 outside. And the aircon is doing squat as the fan is just barely a fan.

[ChronosCat 155]

Our area got hit by the edge of the remnants of Lee yesterday. It was a rainy, windy day. We nearly lost power twice, and did loose it around 10 PM; it was off most of the night, though it was back on by 8 AM this morning. I haven't surveyed the yard to see if there's any damage, but at least based on what I can see out the windows, everything seems fine (other than one large tree branch that fell on the lawn, but didn't hit anything).

[mlooney 3,417]

We only had one windstorm strong enough to trigger the tornado alert system this year.  While peak tornado season is April - May, Kansas can get tornadoes year round. 

[Don Edwards 548]

There is no state in the US that is not known to have tornadoes.

Frequency varies wildly, though.

I remember some years ago the state of Washington set a new mark, for the first time on record it had two tornadoes in the same day. That's, ah, rather ordinary in several states. (And the total reported damage: one confused horse and some discomfited fish.)

[mlooney 3,417]

How many tornadoes has Kansas had in 2023?
Yearly Summary in Kansas
Year    # of Tornadoes   
2023    32    
2022    63    
2021    39    
2020    17    

2022 was busy.

[mlooney 3,417]

I feel like crap.  <checks weather underground: rain front rolling in, 85% chance of rain early evening>  Oh, that's why.  Gonna finish this cup of tea, take an analgesic, then go to bed.

[mlooney 3,417]

I went out on my e-bike to get milk.  My hands felt icy.  Going to https://www.weather.gov/epz/wxcalc_windchill and pluging in the 44 degrees and 24.5 MPH  (wind plus speed of bike I was going directly into it) I get 34.8  No wonder I felt coldish.  Need to order some gloves.

[ijuin 572]

We had the opposite problem here in California—it was too hot to function on Thursday through Saturday.

[mlooney 3,417]

3 hours ago, ijuin said:

We had the opposite problem here in California—it was too hot to function on Thursday through Saturday.

This is our first real "cold" spell.  Got down to 37.  Fall is here

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Beats the weather on the moon. "The weather is hot vacuum, turning to cold vacuum tonight. Tomorrow will be another day of hot vacuum." Points for consistency, though.

[mlooney 3,417]

It's raining now. Weather underground forecast rain until Saturday. I have body aches. I suspect all this is related.

[mlooney 3,417]

It stopped raining, however it's forecast to start having thunderstorms around 9:00 PM and rain lasting until roughly noon tomorrow.  Then rain again Friday morning lasting until Sunday, when it's supposed to clear off and drop the temperature to sub freezing for a few days.  I really have strong body aches right now, so I'm under covers with an electric blanket.  This week is going to suck weather wise 

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Our weather during the day has been nice, getting cold overnight, still not freezing.

[mlooney 3,417]

I'm not sure what I'm going to do when it gets cold.  With windchill due to e-bike speed it was 31 (freedom units) [-1 rest of world]  I know I'm going to need better gloves and will need to wear 2 pair of socks.  Not looking forward to winter.

[mlooney 3,417]

I have body aches.  Off to Weather Underground:

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4:15 PM - 6:00 PM Moderate Rainfall 
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM Heavy Rainfall 
6:15 PM - 8:45 PM Moderate Rainfall 

Oh, that's why.  Gonna take an analgesic and get under my electric blanket.